London, June 26: India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi moved into the second round of the men's doubles of Wimbledon here Thursday.

The Indo-Pak Express, seeded eighth, won 7-6(9), 7-6(8), 6-3 in an exciting battle against Czech Frantisek Cermak and Russian Mikhail Elgin.

In the mixed doubles, India's Divij Sharan and his Japanese partner Shuko Aoyama made a first round exit.

The Indo-Japanese pair went down 4-6, 4-6 to Tomasz Bednarek of Poland and his American partner Vania King.

IANS